Understanding impulsivity began with the groundbreaking research of Walter Mischel on children’s . . .
a. Impulsive spending habits
b. Delay of gratification
c. Preference to watch TV instead of doing their homework
d. Ability to concentrate when they are distracted
b. Delay of gratification
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Mike, at age 15, rides a dirt bike without a helmet. This thinking illustrates that:
A. he has not yet figured out what a risk is B. he is in postconventional thinking C. his prefrontal cortex is underdeveloped D. he thinks in a self-centered way
You have quit smoking and now want to keep from "falling back" into this old habit. To maintain the "new non-smoking you," you imagine someone offering you a cigarette, and you politely turning them down. This image is followed by imagining a pleasant, rewarding scene of yourself being told by the doctor that you are now so healthy that you should live to a ripe old age. You have just used the
technique known as a. thought stopping. b. covert sensitization. c. desensitization. d. covert reinforcement.
) Suppose a researcher, using a cross-sectional design, finds that the incidence of depression is highest among young adults and lowest among the elderly. Which of the following is a possible valid interpretation of this result?
a. It reflects a basic, shared biological change with age. b. It reflects a shared, "age-graded" change resulting from common adult tasks and family life cycles. c. It reflects cohort differences; current young adults experience more stress than the previous generation did. d. any of the above.
Taking a fresh look and paying attention to sensations we have previously ignored is known as
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